Use After Free Affecting electron package, versions <15.5.4>=16.0.0 <16.2.6>=17.0.0 <17.4.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team. Learn more

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.48% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-ELECTRON-2807804
  • published15 May 2022
  • disclosed4 May 2022
  • creditJeonghoon Shin

Introduced: 4 May 2022

CVE-2022-1479  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade electron to version 15.5.4, 16.2.6, 17.4.3 or higher.

Overview

electron is a framework which lets you write cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free in Angle, when pausing XFB then deleting a buffer.

CVSS Scores

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